Material: Cotton
Style: Bukhara, Uzbekistan 
Size:  Height 137 cm, Width 78 cm
Order Number: MHSATG2

Bukhara  is a city in Uzbekistan located on the Silk Road. People have lived in the area around Bukhara for at least 5,000 years and the city has existed for 2,500 years. Bukhara has long served as a centre of trade, scholarship, culture and religion.

This would be a traditional robe of honour, a loose coat of padded cotton,  called a chapan for an Uzbek ruler to present to a guest or courtier.

About 50-60 years old.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Material: Cotton
Style: Turkmen
Size:  Height 105 cm, Width 68 cm (top), 72 cm (bottom)
Order Number: MHSATG4

Turkmens are a Central Asian Turkic ethnic group living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern Iran and Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and North Caucasus.

A traditional robe of honour, a loose coat of padded cotton,  called a chapan.

Early 20th century.

Map of Turkmenistan.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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